449 
(1) Su Inpica. (#. Wp 
Hdent. Wight’s Icon. vol. IT. 
Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 528.. 
Spsc. Cuan. Leaves short-petioled; obovate-spathulate, gla- 
brous on both sides: peduncles axillary, solitary or congested! 
sometimes from abortion of the-leaves cosymbose onthe ends of the 
branches, 1-flowered: calyx clothed with white tomentum: fruit 2-. 
celled, with several seeds in each eell,. 
Shevagherry. hills, near Courtallum.. 
ORDER LXV. ONAGRACEZ. 
Calyx tubular: limb usually 4-partite: sestivation valvular: 
petals usually equal in number to.the: lobes of the calyx, insert- 
ed at the topof the tube: sestivation.twisted.:: stamens definite > 
filaments: distinct: anthers oblong or ovate: ovary many-celled : 
ovules. usually indefinite: style filiform: stigma capitate or 
lobed: fruit: baccate or capsular, dehiscent or indehiscent, 1-4+ 
celled: seeds usually-indefinite or solitary in each-cell: albumen. 
none: embryo straight. 
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GENUS I. JUSSLEA, 
Deeandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst :. 
Deriv. Named in honor of the family of Jussieu, the celebrated 
French botanists.. 
Gen. Cran. Herbaceous marshy plants with: alternate leaves: 
flowers axillary, solitary, sessile or shortly pedicelled : calyx-tube 
prism-shaped or-cylindrical, cohering with the ovary its whole length 
and not produced: beyond it: limb divided’ down tothe ovary into 
4-6 persistent acute segments : petals: as many as the’ calycine- 
Tobes, spreading: stamens deciduous with the petals: ovary either 
flattish at the apex or elevated into a furrowed cone: style short: 
stigma capitate, 4-6-furrowed' capsule 4—6-celled, oblong, often 
ribbed, opening between the ribs and crowned by the lobes of the 
calyx: seeds-very pumerous. 
(1) J. nergns.. (Linn. ) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 335.—Dec. prod, IIE, p, 54,—-Roxbs. 
fil. Ind. IT. p. 401. 
, Syn. J. fluviatilis, Blume. Dee. |. e,—-Cubospermum, palustre, 
Our, 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. II. t. 51, 
